The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-20
IVY CITY ECHOES.
TurfNotes from Near Home--winter Racing
for Florida.

TurfNotes from Nenr Home--Winter Racing
for Florida.
Superintendent Parker has been busy for the
past week putting the track In proper working
shape, and owners say that contrary TO their
expectations, 1t will he better and faster than 1t
ever was before.
The police have decided to give days rae
ing in May for the benefit of their pension fund.
The programme Ia In the hands of competent
committee and II is safe to say they willprovide
good days sport
Old Col Sprague has been turned out at the
Riggs farm and will not be taken up until next
year.
There is already little betting on the Ken
tucky Derby, with Jim Gore favOrite. If Bald
win starts his string back him for place
Joe McMahon has sold the three year-old colt
by Glenmore, dam Mary Corbett, to Washing
ton parties. Terms private.
W. r. Burch will train three -ycar-old Hlly
by Red Dick, dam Mary Long, for Governor
Ransom, of North Chrolina, and an Eolus colt
for Mr.. Cooper, of Culpeper, Va, this season.
The horses have been on the track for slow
trotting work almost every day during the past
week.
Old Billy Gilmore, with 1O0pounds up, ought
to have chance for the Suburban.
Bad luck seems TO have pursued W. b. Jen-
nings ever since the fall meeting. lie first lost
manin (half brother to Monogram then Stan
ton took severe cold, and Tuesday, as he
seemed to be on the mend Jennings was sum
mOned to the track to see that cracking good
colt Boaz, who was thought to he dying DIR.
Weaver was called and the colt seems to he
some better now.
Mr.. Burch has sold John c., by Enquirer,
dam Leah r., to parties unknown. This horse,
properly handled, is one of the hest welter-
weighters in the country. His mile In AS last
fall at Baltimore with 1856 pounds was Nth
shoes on.
"Winter racing at New Orleans is iizzle,"
said n prominent turfman the other day. "But,
III tell you, 1t would succeed at Jacksonville,
Fla. II has been matter of wonder to me for
the past several years that the widc-awakc
people OF that grandcst Of all winter resorts
have never formed jockey club Jackson
vile is within easy reach of New York, and
hundreds of people would be only too glad to
amusement. Why, Phil Dwyer passed through
here few days ago and said to me he would
not only like to see winter racing inaugurated
there, but would take hand and keep them
all In his power would even send some of his
own horses down. Then such men as Burch,
Mcmahon, Jennings, Davis & Hall, and host of
others would be glad to go and give them good
racing, II they were sure the track was in
proper hands and the racing on the square.
There has been movement on foot for some
time to get this thing under way, and now that
the proper people have taken hold of II, we
there next year. There is good half-mile track
already, which could be converted into mile
track with very little cost. New York book
makers would go there, because there is no
obnoxious pool law, and IL would be perfect
bliss to them to be able to do business without
the fear Of the police Should the enterprise
take definite shape, us l feel sure 1t will the
railroads will extend every possible aid"